Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 133
Cover Image
Inequality and Political Clientelism: Evidence from South India
Markussen, Thomas - Økonomisk Institut, Københavns Universitet - 2010
. The paper discusses when and why clientelism on the basis of party affiliation may arise. Operationally, party …-based clientelism is defined as a bias of public policy in favour of members of the governing political party. In a sample of local … governments in India, party-based clientelism is shown to exist in two out of four states and to be strongly affected by economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008682180
Cover Image
Political Clientelism and Capture: Theory and Evidence from West Bengal, India
Bardhan, Pranab; Mookherjee, Dilip - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012
We provide a theory of political clientelism, which explains sources and determinants of political clientelism, the … relationship between clientelism and elite capture, and their respective consequences for allocation of public services, welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010854512
Cover Image
Deep roots in culture, shallow roots in nature: Identifying sustainable bamboo management challenges for China and the implications for multidisciplinary research
Buckingham, Kathleen - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
ideologies: clientelism and environmental politics. The importance of conservation actors, in terms of their perceived or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880116
Cover Image
Political Clientelism and Capture: Theory and Evidence from West Bengal, India
Bardhan, Pranab; Mookherjee, Dilip - eSocialSciences - 2013
There are relatively few theoretical models or empirical analyses of clientelism which analyse the sources and … consequences of clientelism. Data from household surveys in rural West Bengal are used to analyse the political clientelism. [BREAD …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945237
Cover Image
Institutional Distorsions, Clientelism and Corruption: Evidence from Romania
Volintiru, Clara - In: Working Papers 1 (2012) 1, pp. 1-24
This paper addresses the way in which clientelistic exchanges distort the public institutions’ functions and their relationship to the general public. In the first section, a theoretical model of the relationship between clientelistic exchanges and institutions is put forward, based on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928915
Cover Image
Vote suppression and insecure property rights
Castañeda Dower, Paul; Pfutze, Tobias - In: Journal of Development Economics 114 (2015) C, pp. 1-19
While it is commonly understood that land is a political tool, there is surprisingly little empirical research on how insecure property rights affect political outcomes. In this paper, we show how a dominant political party can use insecure property rights to ensure politically compliant voter...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011209891
Cover Image
L'évolution de l'action collective à Villa el Salvador (Lima) : de la communauté autogérée au budget participatif
Burgos-Vigna, Diana - In: Mondes en développement 124 (2003) 4, pp. 113-130
government policies, the clientelism of some heads of state, as well as the Shining Path and the transformation of the Peruvian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005237301
Cover Image
Bogotá: the collapse of a political machine
Santos, Rafael - UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES-CEDE - 2007
In Bogotá the 1991 reforms obstructed a market for votes. Clientelism lost itseffectiveness; citizens developed a vote … structural break caused by the reforms. Prior to 1991, the areas with the most exposure to clientelism generated a greater …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005014520
Cover Image
Welfare Regimes, Welfare Systems and Housing in Southern Europe
Allen, Judith - In: International Journal of Housing Policy 6 (2006) 3, pp. 251-277
Are housing provision systems in southern Europe (Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece) different from those in northern Europe? Answering this question requires a way of theorizing housing systems, which locates them within their broader societal contexts. After setting out some of the key...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009221801
Cover Image
The economics of politically-connected firms
Choi, Jay Pil; Thum, Marcel - Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Technische … - 2008
Political connections between firms and autocratic regimes are not secret and often even publicly displayed in many developing economies. We argue that tying a firm's available rent to a regime’s survival acts as a credible commitment forcing entrepreneurs to support the government and to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009226155